WHAT IS MONONUCLEOSIS ?  Mononucleosis is an infectious viral disease. Most cases of mononucleosis are caused by the Epstein barr virus (EBV), a member of the herpes virus family. In a few cases it is caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV). Mononucleosis affects the upper respiratory tract, the lymphatic tissues and lymphatic glands in the neck, groin, armpits, bronchial tubes, spleen and liver. The spleen may become enlarged, and liver function may be affected. In the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the world,  mononucleosis is refered to as glandular fever. Its official name is infectious mononucleosis but in the USA is also shortenede to Mono. Another name for glandular fever is Pfeiffer's disease. I deal with many cases who have clinically diagnosed recurrent bouts of mononucleosis. So the answer to the question can a person get mononucleosis twice is yes.  Mononucleosis, in many cases, does seem to leave the body very much weakened  . . . and some cases are much worse than others. Family doctors all over the world are not entirely sure what happens to your body after suffering mononucleosis . . . BUT if you go into a medical library there are numerous research papers acknowledging that the Epstein Barr virus (which causes glandular fever) has a pretty damning effect on the body afterwards, notably by having a long-term negative effect on the immune system, as well as stressing the liver etc. It is interesting to note that many sufferers of chronic fatigue syndrome (M.E.) started with a bout of glandula fever. I would really hate this to happen to you, as it does in so many cases. All sufferers think that this will not happen to them . . . but better to take a preventative approach now than take a risk of continuing bad health in the future. The best step to prevent this happening is to see if you can really do everything possible to get yourself better as soon as you can. Recovery can take a long time and you will need to know how to cope and be positive - I can only strongly advise that whatever you do, you really need a plan of attack. Doctors really don't know how to help, so it will be up to you to decide how you are going to go about it and using complimentary medical help methods I have found to be the most practical and sensible way forward. There are no magic drugs to help you. Getting the nutritional foundations in place first can be an ideal place to start however. Through many years of trial and error with myself, and experience with many of my suffering clients, I have deduced that what you eat at this time can be very important . . . and the inclusion, addition and exclusion of certain foods can be an extremely useful tool in controlling the energy levels and recurring symptoms that go along with this fatigue, listlessness and general lack of energy during and following the initial infection. There is a lot we could do in this area. It is certainly not just a question of eating in a generally healthy way. I am looking at it from totally different viewpoint . . . choosing foods that would directly affect how you feel in your own individual situation, recovering from Mononucleosis. I have spent the last few years developing and putting together sets of recommendations for mononuclsosis sufferers, and those who are already well in to the post mononucleosis fatigue state. Over the last 3 years, helping  over 300 people via the Internet, I have managed to glean even more information on symptoms, and have got some excellent feedback from existing patients who are keen to update me with how they are getting on and any other help they have found useful in combination with the nutrition side of things. This has proved to be invaluable and very useful, as I now encourage everyone (once well in to recovery) to get back to me with any interesting information they have found out about their own recovery, which they feel may be of useful benefit to others. I am remained very open minded to what everyone is saying so that I can offer even more suggestions in recovery.   Click here to contact for mononucleosis questionnaire